this thesis attempts to investigate the effects of prelistening activities on enhancing iranian efl learners` listening comprehension. the present study investigated ways in which learners` background knowledge could be activated in order to enhance their l2 listening comprehension by limiting the number of possible text interpretations prior to listening. the experiments conducted in this stud...

Extract: Leave me alone, I want to sleep, thanks, I don’t go to group meeting soon, what I said hadn't any importance for others, "No I don’t want to go to occupational therapy", I can't do any work and if make any things its vain probably, picnic? No I'm so tired and prefer to be here and watch the TV". Psychiatric wards nurses faced to these responses when they invite their patients to partic...

target tracking is the tracking of an object in an image sequence. target tracking in image sequence consists of two different parts: 1- moving target detection 2- tracking of moving target. in some of the tracking algorithms these two parts are combined as a single algorithm. the main goal in this thesis is to provide a new framework for effective tracking of different kinds of moving target...

Selenium is an essential element in some organisms, but high concentrations can leading to toxicity in plant. Methyl jasmonate hormone plays an important role in defence processes. In this research, the effect of Methyl jasmonate (Me JA) and sodium selenate (Na2SeO4 ) on growth, content of pigments, phenol, anthocyanin and proline in tomato plants were studied. The seeds to germinate in petri...

this study sought to examine the effect of cooperative game on iranian students achievements in english alphabet learning. cooperative games are games, in which players or teams work together towards a common goal without defeating someone. the methodology used in this study was experimental. the population of the study was 60 female students from the grade one in secondary school in tabriz, ir...